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JAN <strong>2020</strong> #ISSUE 10<br />
DANCEHALL BUZZ<br />
XYCLONE<br />
SOUNDS OF AFRICA - OUT NOW<br />
Written by: Epik Jones<br />
Explain who Xyclone is and how did you get that name?<br />
Xyclone is an international reggae billboard recording artist. He’s apart of spragga<br />
benz Redsquare camp. He got the name xyclone from a friend in high school called<br />
Nowledge.<br />
You have a new album out now, released with out much promotion, is this a new<br />
stratagy for you and your team also what has been the feedback from doing this?<br />
we live in a social media world where you can now drop music ASAP and promote<br />
after. My goal is to get millions of people to stream my music daily.<br />
What is the album called?<br />
the album is called the sounds of Africa because it’s 100% influenced by the “now”<br />
sounds on Afro beat that the world is loving.<br />
As a dancehall artist do you think it is important to have a body of work<br />
compared to just singles and why?<br />
yes it’s very important. Because it gives your core fanbase a body of work that they<br />
can connect to and appreciate. Singles are good but there’s nothing like putting on<br />
your favourite artist album and blocking out the world .... even if it’s for a moment.<br />
Plus year and years after you can always go back and listen that album<br />
What inspired this body of work?<br />
I really love the sounds of Afrobeat and the world is loving it also. So why not<br />
embrace it and fuse it with my reggae / dancehall culture.<br />
You are a member of red square how has that helped you and your career and do<br />
you think young artist should Align themselves with bodies to push and further<br />
their career?<br />
Being mentored by one of the greats in dancehall history; what more can you<br />
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